Stories du Jour from Le Fashionsphere

Month: September 2018

Matthew Fleeger is the CEO, President, and Director of Gulf Coast Western, LLC. He has extensive experience in the gas and oil industry and served as the Vice-President of Kinlaw Oil Company from 1990 to 1993. Mr Fleeger has also served as a director of both Medsolutions, Inc. and Palm Beach Tan, Inc.

Mr Fleeger graduated from Southern Methodist University (SMU) where he received his undergraduate degree in business. His time at SMU also gave him the opportunity to research both finance and marketing. These fields were crucial to learning how to be a skilled business executive.

After entering the work force, Mr Fleeger worked at several companies around the state of Texas including Gulf Coast Western, the company first created by his father. These early years of experience would be crucial in helping him run additional companies within the oil and gas industry. Part of that experience came from Mr Fleeger’s work in Medsolutions, Inc.

Medsolutions, Inc. is a medical waste identification, transportation, and disposal company that was created by Mr Fleeger in 1993. Over the next 14 years, Mr Fleeger took the company from a small-scale operation to one of the region’s largest businesses in the management of waste from the healthcare industry. He later sold the company to Stericycle, Inc. for about $59 million.

After his time at Medsolutions, Mr Fleeger returned to Gulf Coast Western as the President and CEO where he serves to this day. He has also created two new businesses in the tanning industry: Palm Beach Tan and Mystic Tan. Together these companies generate revenue of close to $100 million. Mr Fleeger hopes to continue to bring his companies to greater success in the future.

Peter Briger is a talented individual and a capable leader who has gained a lot of respect among his peers in the investment banking industry. He has gained vital leadership skills working at Fortress Investment Group and Goldman Sachs, & Co. where he has held several senior leadership roles. He currently serves as the principle and co-chairman of the board of directors at the Fortress Investment Group. In his capacity, he is responsible for directing and managing the credit and real estate business at the company. Fortress Investment Group is an investment company based in New York City. It provides wealth management solutions to individuals and companies across the world.

Previously, Peter Briger worked at Goldman Sachs & Co where he held senior positions for fifteen years. These positions included co-head of Whole Loan Sales and Trading Business and the co-head of Fixed Income Investments Group. He attended Princeton University graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Arts. He then attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania for his postgraduate degree in Business Administration. According to a recent report by Forbes, he was ranked among the wealthiest individuals in the United States with a new worth of $2.3 billion. Since he took over Fortress Investment, the company has grown tremendously and today boasts of more than 2533 employees. The company is now considered as among the best places to work for because of its good working conditions, competitive pay and good benefits.

Moreover, interns believe that while working at the company, they grow and learn to be the best professionals. Besides investment banking, Peter Briger cares about education, alleviation of poverty and children. As a result, he several in various capacities in charity organizations that deal with these issues. As such, he actively participates in the activities of a Silicon Valley Leadership Council for the Global Fund for Children as well as Council on Foreign Relations as a member. In the last few years, he has also consistently sponsored the Central Part Conservancy with Princeton University. Peter Briger is also a thought leader in the wealth management circles where he once stated that Bitcoin would be the new digital goldmine which would enable people across the world to send money instantly. According to him, Bitcoins would solve challenges that faced banks in a controlled American based exchange including network payment.

Michel Terpins has been a rally drive since his early twenties. Rodrigo moved from the Cross-country championship in 2002 at a time when his brother Rodrigo Terpins was really encouraging him to jump ship. In the Cross-Country Championship, he had risen through the ranks to become an accomplished rider, and by the time he left, he was considered one of the most dominant champions in the sport. Over the years he would continue to be a fan of the sport, and he was later called upon by the sports leadership to become its chairperson helping them, nurture the upcoming talent as well as attract more sponsors, talent, and fans.

He has been able to assist the Brazilian Cross Country to generate a lot of interest and at the same time develop a following for himself. In the years following his leaving Cross country, he teamed up with Rodrigo to establish the Bull Sertoes Rally Team. This is today one of the most recognizable teams in the T1 prototype category. Michel Terpins has participated in over ten editions as a member of the team and in that time has been able to achieve some stellar results. For more details visit LinkedIn.

His journey to the top has however not been devoid of challenges. The first few years were especially hard as the team did not have an official sponsor while at the same time did not have a racing car. This would not, however, stop them from taking part in races and by the third participation they had received interest from a number of potential sponsors. MEM Motorsport would become the official race car provider bringing on board the T-Rex. The car has undergone some improvements and is today able to compete in races as well as any other having overcome some problems they faced during its first two entries. In the 24th edition of the Sertoes Rally Michel Terpins would introduce his new navigator Justo to his fans. Although some had reservations as they had never worked together before, he was able to prove them wrong when they achieved position one in the first two stages of the race. You can visit ideamensch.com